...to him that formed it, why hast thou made m« thus ? Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump, to make one vessel unto honour and another unto dishonour ? 3. The truths which were blessed to this person's conversion, were those which are commonly called...

...have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth. Ver. 21. Hath not the potter power over the c!»y, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour? Ver. 22. What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering...

...latter description, and are termed vessels of wrath. " Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another...long-suffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction ?" If we learn any thing from this text, it is this ; that God has a use for the wicked as really as...

...wicked is reserved to the day of destruction; they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath (f):" " What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make...long-suffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction (g) ? " St. John in his Gospel says that, " Though Christ (e) Prov. c. 16. v. 4. (f) Job, c. 21, v....

...decisive evidence to adduce, and may therefore let this pass, without further notice. P. ccxxvii. 1. 25. God, " willing to shew his wrath, " and to make his power known, endured with " much long-sufFepng the vessels of wrath fitted for " destruction." This text thus introduced, without exposition...

...what is best in so important a case. (Romans ix. 22 ) " What if God, willing to show his wrath, and make his power known, endured, with much long-suffering, the vessels of wrath fitted for destruction ?" What if God, -who doubtless is the fittest judge, and to whom alone the decision...

...what is best in so important a case. (.Romans ix. 22.) " What if God, willing to show his wrath, and make his power known, endured, with much long-suffering, the vessels of wrath fitted for destruction ?" What if God, who doubtless is the fittest judge, and to whom alone the decision...

...furnish the believer with. God's will of commandments reveals him " willing to shew his wrath, and make his power known, endured with much long-sufFering the vessels of wrath," Rom. ix. 22. " But this is the will of him that sent me," says the Saviour, " that whosoever seeth...

...to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus ? Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour ?" The potter makes one vessel as really and as much as another ; that which is made to dishonour,...

...other than replying against God. It is like denying, that the potter has power over the clay of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour and another unto dishonour. This appears to be an exact literal account of that sin of replying against God, which the apostle...